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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  12. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  13. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  14. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  15. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  16. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  17. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  18. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  19. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  20. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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